Bongardia

Bongardia - B. rauwolfi is a plant of the Barberry order, though remarkably unlike one, as it has a Cyclamen-like root-stem, from the apex of which spring the flower stems 6 inches high, bearing roundish golden blossoms from 3/4 to 1 inch across, which droop gracefully from slender stalks. Though now rare, this beautiful plant was among our earliest garden plants. Found from the Greek Archipelago to Afghanistan, and hardy on dry soils. Seed. Syn. Leontice.